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Keeping things fresh through multiple screenings

Keeping things fresh through multiple screenings

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Keeping things fresh through multiple screenings

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Perhaps the most difficult part of editing is not the physical cutting part. It's not even the decision making process. It's how to keep yourself fresh, after you've seen the same film five, ten, 15, 80, 100 times. Think of it. I've talked about how you want to look at the dailies before you sit down with the director to get notes. If you're both the editor and director, which I highly advise against. But, we know that sometimes, that's what you have to do. Well, if that's the case, it gets even more difficult. In any case, you've seen the dailies once before the director saw them. If you're lucky, you've seen them again with the director. If you're smart, you've watched them again before you edited the scene. Then you've watched the scene multiple times as you edit it, several times after your first cut, in order to refine it properly. Let's watch our scene again. >> Tiana. Why weren't you there this morning? >> Tiana, I think the dwarf is talking to you. >> Magellan, we can talk…

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